艮 (gěn) — name of the Gen trigram (☶) in the Eight Trigra…

Definition

A noun from the I Ching: the name of the trigram ☶ (Mountain) and the hexagram ䷳ (stillness). Symbolizes a mountain, immobility, and stopping.

noun

name of the Gen trigram (☶) in the Eight Trigrams of the I Chingname of the Gen hexagram (䷳) in the Sixty-four Hexagrams

艮。
gěn Shì bā guà zhī yī.
Gen is one of the eight trigrams.
《》，艮。
Zài 《zhōu yì》 zhōng, gěn dài biǎo shān.
In the Book of Changes, Gen represents mountain.
艮。
gěn Guà xiàng zhēng jìng zhǐ.
The Gen hexagram symbolizes stillness.

Compound ideograph

六书liùshū

会意huìyì

Two or more meaningful parts placed together so that their meanings combine into a new one.

艮 combines 人 (person) and 目 (eye), showing a person looking back, to express disobedience or a limit.

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